Diocese of Tabuk
Tabuken(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Tabuk, Philippines
Tabuk is canonically an Apostolic Vicariate (a missionary jurisdiction), not a diocese, established in 1992 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces and covering Kalinga and Apayao. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Sean Buslig Mejia was appointed apostolic vicar in March 2026 and installed in June 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1992
- Latin
- Tabuken(sis)
- Patron
- St. William of Maleval (St. William the Hermit)
- Annuario code
- 001000460
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 375,000
- Population
- 499,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 15,000
- Extent
- 6,471 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 58
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sean Mejia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. William the Hermit stands in Tabuk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Covering the provinces of Kalinga and Apayao in northern Luzon, the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is exempt, meaning directly subject to the Holy See and outside any ecclesiastical province, though for apostolic cooperation it is usually grouped with the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.